Tag: Caterpillars

January 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
January 6, 2025

Recap of January 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector In this month's webinar, we covered invasive caterpillars that feed on vegetable crops. Florida's agriculture industry is home to a wide variety of high value vegetable production. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Biosecurity, Caterpillars, FFD24-25, FloridaFirstDetector, Invasive Species, Lepidoptera, Moths, Old World Bollworm, Vegetables

The summer of stinging caterpillars

by Ralph Mitchell
July 17, 2024

Summer is in full blast, and I wanted to reissue some information on the topic of stinging caterpillars. When you think of caterpillars, you think of worm-like leaf-eaters that are generally harmless to humans. Caterpillars may be hairless, ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Caterpillars, Io Moth Caterpillar, Puss Caterpillar, Saddleback Caterpillar, Stinging Caterpillars

Caterpillars of North America: Easily Identify 90 Common Butterflies and Moths

by Rolando Negron
May 28, 2024

Step into the world of caterpillars with Caterpillars of North America: Easily Identify 90 Common Butterflies and Moths, authored by acclaimed entomologist Dr. Jaret C. Daniels, UF Professor of Entomology and Director of the McGuire Center for ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Communications, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Butterflies, Butterfly Gardens, Caterpillars, Caterpillars Of North America, Ecology, Educational, Entomology, Florida 4-H, Florida Museum Of Natural History, Identification, Jaret C. Daniels, McGuire Center For Lepidoptera And Biodiversity, Moths, Pollinators, Rolando Negron, UF IFAS Bookstore

Caterpillars that wreck your lawn

by Christine Jackson
May 9, 2024

Warm weather means that turf is currently in active growth. So is the hatching of caterpillars. Armyworms and Sod Webworms. Each of them causes damage to turf and ornamental plants. Armyworms: These worms can be found year-round ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Caterpillars, Lawn, Pest Control

Palm Leaf Skeletonizer

by Stephen Brown
November 2, 2023

Introduction ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease,
Tags: Caterpillars, Palm Caterpillars, Palm Insects; Palm Leaf Skeletonizer;, Skeletonized Leaves

The oleander moth – color and calamity

by Ralph Mitchell
August 25, 2023

Most moths are nocturnal and can be colorful additions to our backyards often attracted to lights at night or found on the side of the house in the morning. There are also what are called “day-flying moths” which include the polka-dot ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Caterpillars, Moths, Oleander Moth

Pumpkins in Northeast Florida? Yes, and…

by Duval MGV
October 27, 2022

Pumpkin! The very word whispers of fall and Halloween and Thanksgiving and golden pies. The fruit of a vining squash plant, pumpkin plants sprawl out 6 feet in each direction, taking up a lot of landscape. The fruit itself can come in colors ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Becky Wern, BT, Caterpillars, Pumpkins In Northeast Florida, Seminole Pumpkins

Animated pumpkin seeds – take a closer look!

by Ralph Mitchell
August 3, 2022

Are your eyes playing tricks with you, or did you just see what looks like a crawling pumpkin seed? No, it's just a household casebearer! This seed-shaped, case-bearing caterpillar is not an uncommon sight in our area. Homeowners often ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Caterpillars, Household Casebearer, Moth

Tomato Hornworms… They’re Back!

by Donna Corbelli Castro
December 23, 2020

As if growing tomatoes wasn’t difficult enough in South Florida, enter the spectacular Tomato Hornworm. I say this, because it is a most attractive caterpillar, with it’s pronounced legs, bright green color and of course the horn! ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Biological Pest Control, BT, Caterpillars, Controlling Hornworms, Gardening, IPM, Solanum Sp., Sphinx Moth, Tomato Hornworm, Tomatoes, Vegetable Growing

There are good stink bugs

by Ralph Mitchell
May 20, 2020

My reaction to a stinkbug on one of my plants is to squash it as quickly as possible - I have no qualms about handpicking pests – even stinkbugs! However, in the same neighborhood as the "bad" stinkbug, there are "good" stinkbugs. That ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Beetle Larvae, Caterpillars, Earworms, Spined Soldier Bug, Stinkbug

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